The scale of abuse on the social networking website Ask.fm became clear
yesterday, as the father of a teenager who committed suicide after receiving
taunts called for David Cameron to protect young people online.

Ask.fm allows users to post comments or questions anonymously on another
person’s profile. Of 30 randomly chosen British teenagers’ profiles on the
website, 75 per cent had abuse or inappropriate sexual language written on
them, according to an analysis by The Times.

The insults included racial abuse and comments such as “fat bitch” and “you’re
ugly”. One was told: “Annoying ass kill yourself.” Other remarks included